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I still use this!

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SHStephen Harding <stharding@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 30, 2025, 18:49 UTC
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I just encountered this:

'git whatchanged' is nominated for removal. If you still use this command, please add an extra option, '--i-still-use-this', on the command line and let us know you still use it by sending an e-mail to <git@vger.kernel.org>. Thanks. fatal: refusing to run without --i-still-use-this

I use oh-my-zsh and I rely on the git aliases. I used this today:

which gwch gwch: aliased to git whatchanged -p --abbrev-commit --pretty=medium

and apparently you want me to send you an email to prove that I, an actual human really do use that ...

cheers, Stephen

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